Dear All - I have been infuriated recently at the blatant and underhand way in which members of the public are required to contact premium rate numbers merely to make enquiries about a product or a guarantee on a product or a query about an insurance claim, etc.  Very rarely is the cost of these calls shown to us (or it is in very small print) and we are being ripped off because we should be given the option of using these numbers by knowing how much we are going to be paying in the first place.  These companies don't appear to be obliged currently to disclose the costs of these calls.  My petition has been accepted by the No 10 web team and I aim to make it a legal requirement for any company to clearly state the costs of 0870, 0871 and, indeed, any non-geographical or local call, including on the television and in all documentation.  It may well be a step towards ending this stupidity. Please join me in this.  My very heartfelt thanks to you in anticipation.  
Here is the link:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Premiums